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Re: (meteorobs) Leonids 16/17
> From majordomo@latrade.com Tue Nov 18 12:41:33 1997
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> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 97 12:39:33 -0500
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> It was in the upper teens here in mid - Missouri, but there was no
> wind and it was clear. I watched a few times between 1:00 AM CST and 6:00 AM
> CST, for a total of about three hours. It was noticbly better at around 3:00
> AM than around 1:00 AM. It seemed about the same every time I watched after
> 3:00 AM. I did not count, but I doubt if I saw 10 per hour. Many of them had
> trains. I did not see any memorable meteors. The limiting magnitude was
> around three.
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I'm a recent subscriber from Hudson, N.H. and wasn't able to watch last evening. However
a friend in nearby Pelham, N.H. said that he saw the largest fireball he had ever seen. It
was extremely close and brilliant!